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specifically how tigers lap up liquids – as part of a PLU capstone project. Two years ago, physics major Matt Hubbard ’13 became intrigued by the subject when he encountered research taking place at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which analyzed the roughness and size of a tongue and its relation to water-column pull and strength. “I liked the fact that you could take a field of complex mechanics and relate it, in a tangible way, to an everyday occurrence,” Hubbard said. He worked on his project for

genuine and a lot easier to create those connections because of how small these classes were. I’m excited for the future.” Read Previous Suit Up For Senior Year: Financial Aid Read Next Around the PNW: First Time Rock Climbing LATEST POSTS Summer Reading Recommendations July 11, 2024 Stuart Gavidia ’24 majored in computer science while interning at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic

interested in the arts. It’s an opportunity for local youth to learn about the arts for free. In fact, breaking down those financial barriers is part of the mission of Harris and her co-camp directors. “There’s a lot of money that is required to participate in the musical scene, and it’s heartbreaking that a lot of kids are not able to participate in music as much as we all would like them to,” Harris, who grew up in Castle Rock, Washington, says. “Music is very important for our brain function, mental

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semester. And financial aid dollars still apply. It was in Oaxaca, Mexico, one of the four PLU Gateway Programs, that Engh and Pfaff had such engaging study away experiences. For Engh, who was a sophomore at the time, it was his first study away experience. For Pfaff, who was a junior at the time, it was after she returned from J-Term. “Honduras wasn’t enough,” she said. “I had to have more.” The semester-long Oaxaca program has three-parts, specifically designed to ensure each student has the support

came to pick her up and take her to board meetings,” Stevenson said. “She so enjoyed sitting with them and discussing their dreams and their aspirations. She found it wonderful to be around young people.” One of those young men, former ASPLU president Willie Painter ’06, said Phillips would want to be remembered as a “servant leader.” “During the various stages of her life Karen had limited financial resources and then almost unlimited resources,” Painter said. “But throughout her life, whether

these are students who haven’t had experience with reaching out and asking for help for themselves,” Mitchell said. “And much of the time that is because they haven’t had those resources available to them.” SCN helps students on multiple levels, from those who may suffer from diminished mental health to students struggling with academics, and everything in between. Issues that arise could include a death in the family, sleeping through a lecture, failing a class or financial aid worries. In an era

important, research is important, service is important. That is true here. It is not true in a lot of places.” Young believes the solution lies in the way we approach teaching future scholars. “Our mechanisms for deliberations are really broken,” Young says. “We’re given a platform and we’re given cultural authority because of our expertise and we’re only using it with each other and not really to better our world or our local community.” Young explains that it is difficult for scholars to get exposure

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research, the students traveled across the United States and Canada in search of people with unique stories to tell. In New Orleans, they met a sexual trauma nurse, multiple survivors of Hurricane Katrina, and a nationally renowned expert who wrote the first book about compassion fatigue. All together, they traveled 12,000 miles by car, train and plane to visit California, Illinois, Washington D.C., New York City, and Ontario, Canada, where they attended the first Compassion Fatigue conference. “It’s